Dodge City (1939) and Virginia City (1940) Re-Release (Warner Bros. Pressbook, 1951)

(Opening Day Double Bill)

‘DODGE CITY’ HEADS
RETURN BILL

Two famed action films de-
scribing the early days of a pair
of western pioneer towns come
back today for a return engage-
ment at the .................. Theatre.
They are Warner Bros.’ “Vir-
ginia City” and “Dodge City.”
Both star Errol Flynn in typical
dashing roles.

“Virginia City” is the story of
three rugged men of the saddle,
a beautiful girl and five million
dollars in gold. Flynn, Hum-
phrey Bogart, Randolph Scott
and Miriam Hopkins perform in
the lead roles, with a supporting
east of hundreds headed by Alan
Hale guaranteeing the Warner
tradition for smash-packed west-
ern epics.

As the quick-triggered sheriff
of “Dodge City,” Flynn, to-
gether with Olivia DeHavilland
represent the law-enforcing ele-
ment as opposed to Ann Sheri-
dan, Bruce Cabot and Victor
Jory in the roles of dance hall
queen and desperadoes.

ERROL FLYNN

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Errol Flynn Back

in Two Westerns

Errol Flynn is the hard-hit-
ting, hard-riding hero of War-
ner Bros.’ two great outdoor
epics, “Virginia City” and
“Dodge City,” lawless haven for
western badmen. Both return on
eset for a special showing at
the 2.422 Theatre.

Brought back by demand of
the action fans, these two films
were among the first in the field
of class westerns which today are
thrilling moviegoers everywhere.

In “Virginia City,” Flynn is a
Union officer during the Civil
War on the trail of gold-smug-
glers. As the sheriff of “Dodge
City,” he sets out to rid the town
of its lawless element.

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THE PRODUCTION

Directed by Michael Curtiz, Original Screen Play by Robert
Buckner. Music by Max Steiner. Associate Photographer,
Ray Rennahan, A.S.C. Dialogue Director, Jo Graham. Film
Editor, George Amy. Art Director, Ted Smith. Special Effects
by Byron Haskin and Rex Wimpy, A.S.C. Sound by Oliver S.
Garretson. Costumes by Milo Anderson. Musical Director, Leo
F. Forbstein. Makeup Artist, Pere Westmore.

THE STORY

Roving cattleman Errol Fiynn brings a herd of steers into
Dodge City and while there clashes with Bruce Cabot, boss of
the town. At the request of Olivia De Havilland, woman re-
porter, Flynn takes the post of sheriff and starts a clean-up
campaign. When crusading editor Frank McHugh is murdered
while collecting damaging evidence against Cabot, Flynn de-
termines to wipe out the dangerous terrorists, and does it in a
series of brawling, two-fisted battles. His reward is Olivia, whom
he marries and takes with him as he moves further westward
with the growing nation.

Running Time: 104 minutes

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THE PRODUCTION

Directed by Michael Curtiz. Original Screen Play by Robert
Buckner. Director of Photography, Sol Polito, A.S.C, Art Di-
rector, Ted Smith. Dialogue Director, Jo Graham. Film Editor,
George Amy. Sound by Oliver S. Garretson and Francis J.
Scheid, Special Effects by H. F. Koenekamp, A.S.C. Makeup
Artist, Pere Westmore. Orchestral Arrangements, Hugo Fried-
hofer. Musical Director, Leo F. Forbstein. Music by Max Steiner.

THE STORY

Southern sympathizers in Virginia City raise five million
dollars to be smuggled out and sent to the Confederate Army.
Union intelligence officer Errol Flynn gets wind of the plan
but en route meets and falls in love with Miriam Hopkins, a
lovely Confederate spy posing as an entertainer. Pitted against
Flynn are Confederate officer Randolph Scott, and notorious
highwayman Humphrey Bogart who wants the gold for him-
self. The situation reaches a climax in a running gun battle
between Flynn and Bogart, and the end of the War finds Flynn
and the lovely ex-spy, united.

Running Time: 121 minutes

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ERROL FLYNN STARS
IN ACTION FILMS

Western action fans are in for
a thrill-packed movie evening be-
sIINING 28 Ls when two of
Warner Bros.’ most popular out-
door epics, starring Errol Flynn,
return for a special showing at
112 OY Se re ge Theatre, They are
“Virginia City” and “Dodge
City.”

Set during the Civil War pe-
riod, “Virginia City” has Flynn,
Humphrey Bogart and Ran-
dolph Scott, each representing
opposing factions for control of
five million dollars in gold.

In the _ second attraction,
“Dodge City,” brings to the
screen as Flynn’s leading ladies,
two of Hollywood’s most capable
actresses, Olivia DeHavilland
and Ann Sheridan in a lusty
drama of the days when there
was no law west of Chicago.

OLIVIA DeHAVILLAND

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Bill Has Six Stars

Six great stars—-irrol Flynn,
Humphrey Bogart, Olivia De-
Havilland, Randolrh Scott, Avn
Sheridan and Miriam Hopkins
in two great western action
films — “Virginia City” and
“Dodge City,” comprise Warner
Bros.’ special return bill at the
Rea es: Theatre.

“Virginia City” has adven-
turer Errol Flynn clashing with
outlaw Humphrey Bogart for
possession of five million dollars
in gold,

“Dodge City,” outlaw haven of
the west, brings Errol Flynn,
Olivia DeHavilland and Ann
Sheridan into the midst of a
gang-ruled pioneer town.

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Newspaper Copy for “Dodge City” and “Virginia City”

SNOW STALLS
STUDIO EXECS,
FILM RESULTS

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‘DODGE CITY’ BOGART

two great outdoor dramas,
“Dodge City” and “Virginia
City,” both returning ............ to
thes Theatre, came about

quite by accident.

When studio executives en-
route from New York to the
Coast by train some years back
were held up at Dodge City by
huge drifts of snow and ice, they
were invited to spend a few days
in town. So impressed with the
picturesque surroundings and
background of the Kansas town,
the movie men decided to create
a film story of the city during
the brawling, turbulent era of
the 1870’s.

Immediately upon their arrival
in Hollywood, production plans
went into action, with Errol
Flynn, Olivia DeHavilland and
Ann Sheridan in starring roles.
The success of ‘Dodge City” led
to the making of “Virginia City,”
another rugged epic of America’s
pioneer towns.

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fast-paced film, "Dodge City," in a special return engagement starting ..............

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‘Dodge City’ Returns BOGART FANS SEE

The brawling, turbulent, sud-
den-death era of a tough pioneer
town in the cattle country of the
1870’s is the background against
which Errol Flynn projects his
personality in “Dodge City,” the
Warner Bros. outdoor produc-
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limited engagement at the ............
ea Theatre.

Flynn’s leading ladies, Olivia
DeHavi:iand and Ann Sheridan,
two of Hollywood’s top female

stars, are cast as a woman re-
porter and dance hall hostess re-
spectively.

Flynn has the post of sheriff
of the wicked town who sets
about cleaning it up amidst
cattle stampedes, rousing saloon
brawls, and a climactic pistol
battle in a railway mail car.

Bruce Cabot, Alan Hale, Vic-
tor Jory and Frank McHugh are
also cast in “Dodge City.”

(Single Bill Advance)

Top Cast in ‘Virginia City’

With Errol Flynn in the type
of dashing role that first brought
him to screen fame, Warner
Bros. presents “Virginia City”

War, “Virginia City” is the
story of the battle of wits and
brawn between Flynn as a Union
officer and Bogart, an outlaw

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IN RETURN DRAMA

Humphrey Bogart fans will
probably find it hard to remem-
ber the last film in which their
idol appeared as a menace to law
and order. It must have been
sometime before ‘The Maltese
Falcon.” In that, he played a
private detective and, for the
most part, he’s been going
straight ever since. But just so
moviegoers won’t forget that the
Warner star began his career as
a leading screen villain, Warner
Bros. presents “Virginia City,”
currently being re-shown at the
ee uke Theatre. This is the Er-
rol Flynn-starrer which had Bo-
gart cast in the role of John
Murrell, one of the old west’s

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the roaring chapters of Ameri-
can history during the Civil

chieftain hired by the South to
obtain possession of five million |”
dollars in gold, located at Vir-
ginia City, Nevada.

The cast also includes Ran-
dolph Scott, Miriam Hopkins,
Alan Hale and Frank McHugh.

“VIRGINIA CITY’

SCOTT

SCOTT vs. FLYNN
FOR LOVE AND GOLD
ON LOCAL SCREEN

Randolph Scott, soon to be
seen in “Sugarfoot,” is back in
the saddle for “Virginia City,”
Warner’ Bros.’ action-packed
outdoor drama which has a re-
turn engagement at the ..............
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With Errol Flynn in the lead
role of a Union officer during the
Civil War, Scott plays the reck-
less, two-fisted representative of
the Confederacy. When a lovely
girl and five million dollars in
gold come between them, any-
thing can happen—and does in
“Virginia City” directed by Mi-
chael Curtiz who also directed
“The Breaking Point.”

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